Dax Raymond

#87 · TE · Utah State6′5″ · 245 lb · Provo, UT

Dax Raymond: TE · Utah State · #87.

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Dax Raymond

TE · Utah State · #87

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Third year in the Utah State receiving corps. A game that shows it: 76 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Michigan State — Week 1, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Utah State in the news

Utah State superfan Steve McBride diesNov 2

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Utah State	26	330	12.7	2	31
2017	Utah State	41	456	11.1	1	32
2015	Utah State	4	72	18.0	0	22
Career		71	858	12.1	3	32

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	L 31-38@ No. 11 Michigan State	7	76	10.9	0	25
Wk 2	W 60-13vs New Mexico State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 3	W 73-12vs Tennessee Tech	3	57	19.0	0	31
Wk 4	W 42-32vs Air Force	4	68	17.0	1	30
Wk 6	W 45-20@ BYU	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 9	W 61-19vs New Mexico	1	19	19.0	1	19
Wk 10	W 56-17@ Hawai'i	2	17	8.5	0	11
Wk 11	W 62-24vs San José State	4	60	15.0	0	22
Wk 13	L 24-33@ No. 21 Boise State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Bowl	W 52-13vs North Texas	2	10	5.0	0	5
Total		26	330	12.7	2	31

Signature game

Week 4 · 2018

W 42-32

vs Air Force

4 rec · 68 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Air Force at home in a shootout.

With T. Hintze — 46.2 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · J. Love — 356 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · San José State · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.13Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 19 yds to the SJSt 39 for a
Week 4 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 30 yds for a TD, (Dominik Eberle KICK)
Week 1 · Michigan State · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 25 yds to the MchSt 33 for a
Week 9 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 19 yds for a TD (Dominik Eberle KICK)
Week 1 · Michigan State · 1st and 15 · Q2 · EPA +2.04Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 18 yds to the UthSt 41 for a
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.89Henry Colombi pass complete to Dax Raymond for 6 yds to the Hawa 47 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · San José State · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.70Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 5 yds to the UthSt 48 for a
Week 1 · Michigan State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.58Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 7 yds to the MchSt 30 for a
Week 1 · Michigan State · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.54Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 5 yds to the MchSt 40 for a
Week 1 · Michigan State · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +1.44Jordan Love pass complete to Dax Raymond for 6 yds to the UthSt 39 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Matt Wells — 23-16 over that span.

2015Utah State6-7HC: Matt Wells · Run-leaning

2017Utah State6-7HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2018Utah State11-2HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#196 / 702 · 72nd pct

0.67

Catch rate#247 / 702 · 65th pct

72.2%

Yards / catch#316 / 702 · 55th pct

12.7

TD rate#323 / 702 · 54th pct

5.6%

Explosive rate#367 / 702 · 48th pct

11.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#38 / 109 · 66th pct

330

Yards / catch#38 / 109 · 65th pct

12.7

Receptions#38 / 109 · 63rd pct

Rec TDs#44 / 109 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#4 / 18 · 42nd pct

Fumbles lost#8 / 26 · 38th pct

Long catch#72 / 109 · 33rd pct

Rush yards#15 / 18 · 17th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

56th → 72nd percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 48th percentile

Catch rate

61st → 65th percentile

TD rate

21st → 54th percentile

Yards / catch

35th → 55th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	42.6	15.8	0.4
Road4g	2.8	26.8	8.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	37.8	11.3	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	25.8	12.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Matt Wells

Pass share

50.3%

467 pass / 462 run

Plays / game

71.5

13 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

488 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

26 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Dax Raymond

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

26 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

Four seasons at Utah State